Chief of the Air Staff (Vereinigtes Königreich)

Chief of the Air Staff
Kommandoflagge des Chief of the Air Staff
Amtierend
Richard Knighton
seit dem 2. Juni 2023
AmtssitzVerteidigungsministerium, Whitehall, London
AmtszeitAt His Majesty’s pleasure
Schaffung des Amtes1918
Erster AmtsinhaberHugh Trenchard
Websitewww.raf.mod.uk

Der Chief of the Air Staff (abgekürzt CAS; deutsch: „Chef des Luftstabes“) ist das militärische Oberhaupt der Luftstreitkräfte des Vereinigten Königreichs, der Royal Air Force. Er ist Mitglied des Chiefs of Staff Committee und des Air Force Board und steht auf einer Stufe mit dem Ersten Seelord und Chef des Marinestabs sowie dem Chief of the General Staff (Chef des Heeresgeneralstabs), aber unterhalb des Chief of the Defence Staff (Chef des Verteidigungsstabes). Etatmäßig trägt er den Rang eines Air Chief Marshal. Der Posten besteht seit der Gründung der Royal Air Force während des Ersten Weltkriegs 1918, 33. und aktueller Amtsinhaber ist seit Juni 2023 Air Chief Marshal Richard Knighton.

Liste der Amtsinhaber seit 1918

#BildRangNameDatum der ErnennungBemerkungen
1Major-GeneralHugh Trenchard3. Januar 1918(das Royal Flying Corps wurde am 1. April 1918 zur Royal Air Force)
2Major-GeneralFrederick Sykes13. April 1918
3Marshal of the Royal Air ForceHugh Trenchard31. März 1919am längsten amtierender CAS
4Marshal of the Royal Air ForceJohn Salmond1. Januar 1930
5Air Chief MarshalGeoffrey Salmond1. April 1933im Amt verstorben, Bruder von John Salmond
6Marshal of the Royal Air ForceJohn Salmond28. April 1933temporär reaktiviert
7Marshal of the Royal Air ForceEdward Ellington22. Mai 1933
8Marshal of the Royal Air ForceCyril Newall1. September 1937
9Marshal of the Royal Air ForceCharles Portal25. Oktober 1940
10Marshal of the Royal Air ForceArthur Tedder1. Januar 1946
11Marshal of the Royal Air ForceJohn Slessor1. Januar 1950
12Marshal of the Royal Air ForceWilliam Dickson1. Januar 1953anschließend Chief of the Defence Staff
13Marshal of the Royal Air ForceDermot Boyle1. Januar 1956
14Marshal of the Royal Air ForceThomas Pike1. Januar 1960
15Air Chief MarshalCharles Elworthy1. September 1963anschließend Chief of the Defence Staff
16Air Chief MarshalJohn Grandy1. April 1967
17Air Chief MarshalDenis Spotswood1. April 1971
18Air Chief MarshalAndrew Humphrey1. April 1974anschließend Chief of the Defence Staff
19Marshal of the Royal Air ForceNeil Cameron7. August 1976anschließend Chief of the Defence Staff
20Air Chief MarshalMichael Beetham10. August 1977
21Air Chief MarshalKeith Williamson15. Oktober 1982
22Air Chief MarshalDavid Craig15. Oktober 1985anschließend Chief of the Defence Staff
23Air Chief MarshalPeter Harding14. November 1988anschließend Chief of the Defence Staff
24Air Chief MarshalMichael Graydon6. November 1992
25Air Chief MarshalRichard Johns10. April 1997
26Air Chief MarshalPeter Squire21. April 2000
27Air Chief MarshalJock Stirrup1. August 2003anschließend Chief of the Defence Staff
28Air Chief MarshalGlenn Torpy13. April 2006
29Air Chief MarshalStephen Dalton31. Juli 2009
30
(c) Photo: SAC Ben Lees/MOD, OGL v1.0
Air Chief MarshalAndrew Pulford31. Juli 2013
31
(c) Photo:Ministry of Defence, OGL v1.0
Air Chief MarshalStephen Hillier12. Juli 2016
32Air Chief MarshalMichael Wigston26. Juli 2019
33Air Chief MarshalRichard Knighton2. Juni 2023

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Air Marshal Sir John Slessor.jpg
Air Marshal (later Marshal of the RAF) Sir John Slessor.
Air Chief Marshal Mike Wigston.jpg
Autor/Urheber: unknown, Lizenz: OGL 3
Air Chief Marshal Mike Wigston
Wg Cdr Humphrey after the 1953 flight from Cape Town (cropped).jpg
The pilot Wing Commander (later Marshal of the Royal Air Force) Andrew Humphrey with his two navigators (Squadron Leader (later Air Vice-Marshal) Douglas Bower and Squadron Leader R Powell) after their record-breaking flight from Cape Town to London
Sir Geoffrey Salmond.jpg
Photograph of Air Vice-Marshal Sir Geoffrey Salmond at the 1920 Cario Conference, cropped from "The new era in Palestine". The arrival of Sir Herbert Samuel, H.B.M. high commissioner.
MRAF Sir Charles Portal.jpg
Marshal of the RAF Sir Charles Portal. Photograph taken at the Air Ministry in London.
Official portrait of Lord Craig of Radley crop 2.jpg
Autor/Urheber: Chris McAndrew , Lizenz: CC BY 3.0
Official portrait of Lord Craig of Radley
Maj Gen Frederick Sykes.jpg
Photograph of Major-General en:Frederick Sykes in the initial Royal Air Force uniform design. This uniform was introduced in April 1918 and phased out in August 1919. The source (see below) describes the image as "a First World War portrait" dating it to some time in the period April to November 1918.
Sir Richard Johns (cropped).jpg
Autor/Urheber: Philip Allfrey, Lizenz: CC BY-SA 2.5
Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Johns, the Constable and Governor of Windsor Castle, in procession to St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle for the annual service of the Order of the Garter.
Sir John Salmond in 1925.jpg
Photograph of Air Marshal Sir John Salmond wearing RAF full dress. Taken after a levée.
Air Marshal Sir Thomas Pike.jpg
Photograph of Air Marshal Sir Thomas Pike. The caption from the source (see below) states that the photograph was taken in October 1956.
Dermot Boyle.jpg
Photograph of Sir Dermot Boyle
Marshal of the RAF Sir Edward Ellington.jpg
Portrait photograph of Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Edward Ellington
Air Vice-Marshal Dickson near Venafro, Italy (cropped).jpg
Air Vice-Marshal W Dickson, Air Officer Commanding the Desert Air Force, sitting down to afternoon tea while attending a conference at the Tactical Headquarters of the 8th Army, near Venafro, Italy.
Sir Stephen Dalton in Afghanistan.jpg
Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton in Kabul on January 23, 2010.
Sir Glen Torpy at the Global Air Chiefs Conference (crop).jpg
Air Chief Marshal Sir Glenn Torpy addresses more than 90 international air chiefs Sept. 25 at the second of three forums held during the Global Air Chiefs Conference at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington. Air Chief Marshal Sir Torpy is the Royal Air Force chief of staff. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Paussic)
Tedder1943 detail.jpg
Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder on the Italian coast. Later that month he returned to Britain to take up his appointment as Deputy Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces then being assembled for the cross-channel invasion.
Stirrup in Istanbul.jpg
British Air Chief Marshal Jock Stirrup before a Regional Command South meeting in Istanbul, Turkey
Flt Lt M Beetham.jpg
Photograph of Flight Lieutenant Michael Beetham taken in May 1944 whilst Beetham was serving on No. 50 Squadron RAF.
Air Marshal Stephen Hillier.jpg
(c) Photo:Ministry of Defence, OGL v1.0
Photo Air Marshal Stephen Hillier
Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard.jpg
This image is a digitized photograph of Hugh Trenchard. Trenchard is shown in the uniform of the Royal Flying Corps which means that it was taken before 1 April 1918. The image was taken from http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/line1780.html which bore the copyright notice: Crown Copyright 2003 and © Deltaweb International Ltd 2003. Deltaweb International Ltd's web site (http://www.deltaweb.co.uk/) states that they first formed in 1993, some 75 years or more after this photograph was taken, and so the extent of their copyright claim cannot cover this photograph; it presumably relates to the design of the page in which this photograph sat. Therefore this photograph is now in the public domain.
Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Andrew Pulford MOD 45155744.jpg
(c) Photo: SAC Ben Lees/MOD, OGL v1.0
Air Chief Marshal Sir Andrew Pulford KCB CBE ADC RAF was appointed Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) on 31st July 2013.

Air Chief Marshal Sir Andrew Pulford was commissioned into the Royal Air Force as a pilot in 1977 and after flying training, joined No 72 Squadron, flying Wessex helicopters, beginning an association with the Support Helicopter Force which would last 25 years. During his flying career he accumulated over 5000 hours on both Wessex and Chinook helicopters, serving primarily in Germany with No 18 Squadron but including exchange tours with the Royal Navy’s Commando Helicopter Force and the Royal Australian Air Force. He has commanded in every rank and has seen operational service in Northern Ireland, the Falkland Islands, Lebanon, the Balkans and the Gulf.

Sir Andrew’s staff appointments have included command of the Support Helicopter Tactics and Trials Flight, a short spell in Headquarters Northern Ireland as the Royal Air Force and Army Air Corps Operational Requirements desk officer, a tour in the British Army’s doctrine organisation and two years as Personal Staff Officer to the Chief of the Air Staff.

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Les Aspin with Air Marshal Sir Peter Harding (cropped).jpg
U.S. Secretary of Defense Les Aspin (left), poses for a photograph with Royal Air Force Air Marshal Sir Peter Harding during his visit at the Pentagon on Feb. 3, 1993
Sir Richard Knighton 2.jpg
Autor/Urheber: unknown, Lizenz: OGL 3
Air Marshal Sir Richard Knighton